# Golden Shovel Agency

> Golden Shovel Agency is a Minnesota-based strategy and communications firm focused exclusively on economic development. It combines a purpose-built website platform, branding, content, campaigns, lead generation, video and VR with ongoing support for public and private development organizations that need to attract businesses, investment and workers.

- **Founded:** 2009
- **Headquarters:** Little Falls, United States
- **Founders:** Aaron Brossoit (Co-founder, Partner and CEO), Ron Kresha (Co-founder, Partner and CFO)
- **Products:** Economic Gateway CMS, GateKeeper, Strategy and stakeholder engagement, Branding, content and digital campaigns, PlaceVR and video
- **Notable:** Founded in 2009 and reports more than 16 years in business., Reports more than 400 completed projects across 43+ states and 5+ countries., Reports a 95% client retention rate and more than seven years of average team-member tenure.

## Products & services

- **Economic Gateway CMS** — A proprietary content-management platform for economic-development websites, with modules for real estate, incentives, business directories, community profiles, projects, news and integrations with industry data tools.
- **GateKeeper** — Ongoing website, content, analytics, training and project-management support that gives a client access to writers, designers, strategists and technical staff.
- **Strategy and stakeholder engagement** — Research, interviews, resident surveys and facilitated planning for business attraction, workforce, housing and long-term economic-development priorities.
- **Branding, content and digital campaigns** — Community identities, public relations, social content, ad management, lead generation and business or talent attraction campaigns.
- **PlaceVR and video** — Video, drone, animation, 360-degree and virtual-reality storytelling designed to let prospects experience communities remotely.
- **impactLOCAL** — Specialized website pricing and tools for small and rural communities.
- **impactAIR** — Research and communications focused on the economic role and future of community airports.

## Achievements

- Founded in 2009 and reports more than 16 years in business.
- Reports more than 400 completed projects across 43+ states and 5+ countries.
- Reports a 95% client retention rate and more than seven years of average team-member tenure.
- Completed more than 300 custom website projects for economic-development, chamber and tourism organizations.
- Nine clients received 2024 IEDC Excellence in Economic Development Awards.
- Elgin EDC's standalone site drew more than 5,000 homepage visits in six months and received an IEDC award.
- Broken Arrow EDC's multi-year talent-attraction initiative, supported by Golden Shovel, received an IEDC award.
- CEO Aaron Brossoit was named to the NREDA board in December 2025.

## Latest updates

- **2026-08** — President Bethany Quinn was elected to the Southern Economic Development Council board as a Maryland state director.
- **2026-04** — Golden Shovel highlighted multiple client recognitions in the Texas Economic Development Council's workforce and economic-excellence programs.
- **2026-02** — The agency published its 2026 roundup of economic-development websites and continued expanding impactAIR content around rural aviation.
- **2026-01** — New Golden Shovel-built sites launched for the Green Empowerment Zone and the Mt. Sterling-Montgomery County Chamber.
- **2025-12** — CEO Aaron Brossoit joined the NREDA board, and the agency published guidance on AI-forward content strategy for economic developers.

## Links

- Website: https://www.goldenshovelagency.com
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/golden-shovel-agency
- Twitter/X: https://x.com/goldshovel
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@goldenshovel
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/shoveltoss
- TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@goldenshovelagency

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Last updated: 2026-09-24